We caught up with the brilliant and insightful Dr. Katashia Partee Kendrick a few weeks ago and have shared our conversation below.

Dr. Katashia , appreciate you joining us today. Was there a defining moment in your professional career? A moment that changed the trajectory of your career?

Yes, there was a defining moment that changed everything for me. For years, I silently battled fibroids and stage 3 endometriosis. Those diagnoses didn’t just challenge my body. They shattered my dream of conceiving and forced me to face countless surgeries, loss and grief. At the time, I thought my career path as a clinical pharmacist would remain linear just focused on patient care, teaching and precepting. But walking through infertility cracked me open in ways I never expected.

In the middle of that pain, I discovered my voice. I realized that my story wasn’t just mine; it was meant to help other women feel less alone. That’s when I founded Dr. Katashia Wellness Kollective, built on three pillars: sound therapy meditation, fertility and preconception coaching, and perimenopause/menopause support. I combined my clinical expertise with my lived experience, creating a space for women to heal, learn, and thrive across every phase of womanhood.

Sound therapy became especially powerful in my own healing. The first time I experienced it, I felt my nervous system calm in a way medication never touched. That led me to become a certified sound healer, and now I use it to guide women into rest, resilience, and renewal.

The wisdom I carry forward is this: our greatest pain can birth our greatest purpose. By leaning into my journey instead of hiding it, I transformed my career into a calling—one rooted in helping women reclaim their health, their calm, and their power.

Awesome – so before we get into the rest of our questions, can you briefly introduce yourself to our readers.

I often say that my career chose me through my lived experiences. I’m Dr. Katashia Partee Kendrick—a Clinical Pharmacist, Women’s Integrative Health Practitioner, Women’s Hormones Expert, Certified Sound Healer, and the founder of Dr. Katashia Wellness Kollective. My work was born from both professional expertise and personal battles with fibroids, endometriosis, infertility, and eventually a hysterectomy. These challenges shifted my path from traditional pharmacy into creating a mission-driven brand that gives women holistic support at every stage of womanhood.

When I first launched my practice, it was called Celebrate Health and Wellness, and my focus was primarily on gut health. Over time, I realized that what I was offering and what women needed was so much bigger. Gut health remains a cornerstone of the Kollective because it affects hormones, fertility, mood, and overall well-being. My heart of service has always been in women’s health and reproductive justice. Therefore, my vision expanded. That’s why I rebranded to Dr. Katashia Wellness Kollective—to reflect the fullness of my work across three core pillars:
• Sound Therapy Meditation: restorative sessions to relax, release, and calm the nervous system.
• Fertility & Preconception Coaching: evidence-based and holistic guidance to help women and couples prepare their bodies for pregnancy.
• Hormone Transition Support: helping women navigate perimenopause, menopause, and beyond with clarity and confidence.

Through one-on-one coaching, group sound baths, functional medicine testing (like GI Map, DUTCH hormone testing and many more), workshops, and wellness events, I create safe, empowering spaces for women. What sets me apart is that I merge 20+ years of clinical pharmacy experience, many certifications with the lessons of my own journey. I don’t just educate from textbooks. I teach from my scars and healing.

What I’m most proud of is transforming my pain into purpose. The Wellness Kollective isn’t just a business…it’s a movement rooted in empowerment, education, and community. My mission is to guide women to pause, prepare, and thrive—body, mind, and spirit—because when women are well, families and communities are well.

If you could go back in time, do you think you would have chosen a different profession or specialty?

If I could go back, I would choose to become a reproductive endocrinologist. My heart has always been for women’s health, but my own journey with fibroids, endometriosis, and infertility made me realize just how many women are left without answers, compassion, or options when it comes to their reproductive health. As a pharmacist and integrative health practitioner, I’ve been able to educate, advocate, and support women in powerful ways, but the idea of directly helping women preserve fertility, balance hormones, and walk with them through some of their most vulnerable seasons speaks deeply to me. To help women and couples to have their baby even though I couldn’t…it makes smile:)

I think what draws me most is the intersection of science, hope, and humanity in reproductive endocrinology. It’s not just about lab results or treatment protocols. It’s about listening to women, validating their pain, and helping them feel seen while guiding them toward solutions. Whether through pharmacy, integrative health, or sound therapy, that’s been the heartbeat of my work all along: to stand in the gap for women and ensure they never feel alone in their journey.

What’s a lesson you had to unlearn and what’s the backstory?

A lesson I had to unlearn was that health could only be defined by traditional medicine. For years, I believed that prescriptions, procedures, and protocols were the only legitimate path to wellness because that’s what I was trained to do as a pharmacist. But my own journey with fibroids, endometriosis, and infertility forced me to look deeper. Even with the best doctors and medications, I still wasn’t getting better in the ways I needed.

That’s when I discovered integrative health and functional medicine. I learned that toxin overload, proper nutrition, strategic supplements, stress management, sleep, mindset, and practices like sound therapy meditation weren’t “alternative” at all. They were complementary. They didn’t replace medicine; they worked alongside it. That shift completely changed how I care for myself and how I serve women through the Wellness Kollective. The wisdom I gained is this: true healing often happens when we embrace both science and holistic practices, honoring the whole person, not just their diagnosis.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://www.drkatashia.com
• Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/drkatashia
• Facebook: https://facebook.com/drkatashia
• Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/drkatashia

Image Credits

Sound bath photo and Logos
Kollective Media

Other photos
S.O.A Digital Imaging